BOOK CALENDAR

TODAY

BRENTWOOD: Jessica Teich and Brandel France de Bravo read “Trees Make the Best Mobiles,” 11975 San Vicente Blvd., 2 p.m. (310) 476-6263.

COSTA MESA: Teller (of Penn & Teller) signs “When I’m Dead All This Will Be Yours,” Orange County Museum of Art, 3333 Bristol St., noon (714) 662-3366.

GARDEN GROVE: Stephen Hunter (“Pale Horse Coming”) and Beverly Tanemura ( “Banzai Haul”) sign their books, Coffee, Tea & Mystery, 11931 Valley View St., 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., respectively. (714) 898-2583.

HOLLYWOOD: COOP signs “Devil’s Advocate,” Golden Apple, 7711 Melrose Ave., 5 p.m. (323) 658-6047.

ORANGE: Stephen Hunter signs “Pale Horse Coming” at Book Carnival, 348 S. Tustin Ave., 1 p.m. (714) 538-3210.

PASADENA: The Jewish Book Festival presents Silvia Grohs-Martin discussing “Silvie,” Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center, 10:30 a.m. (626) 967-3656.

SOUTH PASADENA: Stephen Hunter signs “Pale Horse Coming,” Book’em Mysteries, 1118 Mission St., 3:30 p.m. (800) 426-6536.

STUDIO CITY: Michael Lorenzo signs “Accidents of Birth,” Portrait of a Bookstore, 4360 Tujunga Ave., 1 p.m. (818) 769-3853.

VENICE: V. Kali’s 50th Birthday Bash, reading and celebration, $7, Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., 7:30 p.m. (310) 822-3006.

MONDAY

LOS ANGELES: Michael Beschloss discusses “Reaching for Glory: The Johnson White House Tapes, 1964-1965,” Central Library, Fifth and Flower streets, 7 p.m. Reservations: (213) 228-7025.

NEWPORT BEACH: Ross King discusses “Brunelleschi’s Dome,” $5, Newport Beach Central Library, Friends Meeting Room, 1000 Avocado Ave., 7 p.m. (949) 717-3890.

SANTA MONICA: Reading by contributors to the collection “Around & About L.A.,” The Powerhouse Theatre, 3116 2nd St., 7:30 p.m. Reservations: (310) 396-3680, ext. 5.

WHITTIER: The Jewish Book Festival presents nutritionist Patricia Greenberg (“The Whole Soy Cookbook”), who will discuss soy cooking, Temple Beth Shalom, 14564 Hawes St., 11 a.m. (626) 967-3656 or https://www.jewishsgpv.org.

TUESDAY

MONTCLAIR: The Jewish Book Festival presents Gina Nahai (“Sunday’s Silence”), Borders Books & Music, 5055 S. Plaza Lane, 7:30 p.m. (626) 967-3656.

PASADENA: Jonathan Winters signs “Winters’ Tales,” Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., 7 p.m. (800) 769-2665.

SANTA MONICA: Rabbi Nachum Shifren discusses “Surfing Rabbi,” Santa Monica Public Library, 1343 6th St., 1:30 p.m. (310) 458-8646.

SANTA MONICA: Chuck Rosenthal reads from “Jack Kerouac’s Avatar Angel: His Last Novel” and Gail Wronsky reads from “The Love-talkers: An Erotic Fable,” Barnes & Noble, 1201 Third Street Promenade, 7:30 p.m. (310) 260-9110.

WEDNESDAY

WEST LOS ANGELES: The Classic Fiction Reading Group discusses “A Confederacy of Dunces,” Barnes & Noble, 10850 W. Pico Blvd., 7:30 p.m. (310) 475-4144.

SATURDAY

GLENDALE: Jane West signs “The Lonesome Pine,” Barnes & Noble, 245 N. Glendale Ave., 3 p.m. (818) 246-4677.

HOLLYWOOD: Patt Morrison interviews Lisa See (“On Gold Mountain”) and there will be a panel discussion on “A History of the Wife” by Marilyn Yalom on KCET-TV at 7:30 p.m.

LOS ANGELES: Gerald McDermott signs “Jabuti the Tortoise,” Children’s Book World, 105801/2 Pico Blvd., 11:30 a.m. (310) 559-2665.

LOS FELIZ: Used-book sale, Los Feliz branch of the Los Angeles Public Library, 1874 N. Hillhurst Ave., 10 a.m. (323) 661-2629.

ORANGE: Carolyn Howard-Johnson signs ‘This is the Place,” Waldenbooks, 2294 Mall of Orange, 1 p.m. (714) 282-0395.

TARZANA: Janet Costell leads “Tales and Tunes” story time, Pages, Books for Children and Young Adults, 18399 Ventura Blvd., 11 a.m. (818) 342-6657.

THOUSAND OAKS: Jim Walkow reads “The Zabbit,” Borders Books & Music, 125 W. Thousand Oaks Blvd., 7 p.m. (805) 497-8159.

THOUSAND OAKS: Bruce Alexander signs “Smuggler’s Moon,” Mysteries to Die For, 2940 Thousand Oaks Blvd., 2 p.m. (805) 374-0084.

WESTWOOD: Peter J. Levinson signs “September in the Rain,” Borders Books & Music, 1360 Westwood Blvd., 2 p.m. (310) 475-3444.

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